Telegram-herald., 1887-12-19

a. -, county Of -. State Of -,
being fully convinced of the insuhlciency
Of the present compensation Of fourth. class
postmesters, most respectfully ask aud urge
that yon use your efforts 10 secure the pass
age OF a law to increase their pay as follows:
The postmaster who opens and closes one
mail per week shall receive $50 per quarter;
the postmaster who opens and closes two
mails per week shall receive t25 per quarter,
and so on. increasing quarterly salary - for
each additional mail opened and closed per
week, until the limit OF $50 per quarter is
reached.
And when the salary of a postmaster. las
fixed by law" exceeds the amount OF
stamps sold" at his office, the postmaster
shall add 10 the credit OF his salary the
amount of stamps sold. and the department
shall, on the adjustment OF his sccount,
issue him a check on the Treasury for the
balance, and If the amount OF stamps sold
should exceed the salary of the postmaster,
be shall. after deducdng the amount OF his
salary, deposit the balance in the Treasury.
The bright and shining representatives
OF the Press who inhsbit Newspaper
Row" which Is located on Fourteenth
s.. between Pennsylvania-ave. and the
Eb5itt House, are having much fun with
each other these days and nights. They
are q jolly crowd, fond of prscticsl jokes
and hits" and a thin-sxinned, sensitive
man is not eligible to membership in their
fraternity. They have their titles, and
many Of them by night. having earned them
ia the field by hard service. Gen. Boynton.
of the Cincinnati CoFaHasvcial- Gazette. stands
a. the head of bis profession and was a
sure enough, real war General. Col. Stealey.
OF the Louisvilis C0ssrier-josradk Major
Stossr Of the Missouri Republicdn, ani Judge
Kincaid Of the Louisville Times. are among
the prominent ones. The Ci1iie says:
Tom Bivins. private secretary to The Com
missioner of Internal Rsvenus. once at
tempted % be q society eIiitor. but when he
described q lady as wearing beautiful
surah six underskirt, and the printer put
an b instead Of Z in that last word. poor
Tom Quit with a broken heart" He should
not have been so easily discouraged.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Nes York H9af8 ss7s that Mrs. Cleveland
has = HAD drsSmaker named Thomas ".
Grinsss. . zocsf looking. dapPer little fei-
low. shout IS years Of aEe. as great IA auto
crat. ia bis way. a. Worth, the csisbrsted
msn-miliiner Of Paris
The tax collector OF ths District OF Col
umbis i q nero, and be Il TIE hsavies.
tar xpsyer Of dis race in The District. he
says that in tbe District Of Columbia the
value 81 the property Of t~o Af-ico- Ansri-
each. Two a. s75 coo SIX At 81. 90. hftseE st
So co. twenty At Sio.0oo. and 6fsy az 1000
ssch Frederick Douglsss il said 10 be
worth quarter Of a million. slthSuxh be
= only assessed Cor SIS 500. Mr. Douglass
owns rssl estate in Rochester, y =, bat
the bulk q bis wealth, it Is said, j. safely
invested ia Govern meat bonds. TIE Worm
ley Hotel. probably the most successful
public house in Washington, owes is s1c-
cess 10 James Wormisy. negro, who died
DOT long since Some years 20 Mr. Worm
Iey bought the hetsleoa time f1r So, ,01El
/ the estste q nov said 10 he worth g - 0ff9
" 81 lee hour merchant. i werth
fEooo0 rhersars weslthv negroes al over
the south particularly IN louisiana where
thew have sr1uired a 6aa1cisl ststus arxrs-
gsfing s4.S 0osi oo0
The Mercer Brothers. AZ Nsw orleans.
dealers IN clothing. have stock valued az
SgooQ0 In ths same city Bezro q
French extraction named Frsncoes
Isbrcix. rre~i0us = bis death. Ten Years
a.zo vas xorth s.. 100 90. and wss the only
person # Afr1csn descent xho vas over
rorth niiiior.
Twe eolcrei rtsn vsrs srrcirtsf snS
ccrraissioned. few months sacs. as ece-
Cisi Exaaainsrs sf ths Eoited Ssxtes Pen
sion Rgrsan. ore wss sent 70 kentic zey
and ths cttsg 90 Missouri. Roth a. ws.l
etlucatsd men. cornrefent - perfor-r tie
duties - watch .hsv ~sre assig1e1. Many
doubts we're sntsrtai1 I'D howsrsT. hv tae
experienced 01es seouf tie s1ccsss ef he
sxp-rimeus snd thsir friends trfed - ais-
csurexe tneEn frorr zoinx n shar dirscrio1.
he u ssocri msn has insf hse8 sssa1ltesi
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